People F&S Partner, Corporate Finance

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

The Finance & Strategy team is an integral thought partner to Stripe’s core functional leaders.  We bring understanding and predictability to Stripe’s bottom line financials.  We work cross functionally across many surfaces at Stripe and help steward Stripe’s resource investments to improve the durability of our long term financial performance.

What you’ll do

We're looking for a F&S Partner to join our growing team. This individual will help us transform the way we manage headcount and operating expenses at Stripe. This is a unique opportunity to work cross functionally with the People team and Systems as well as have exposure broadly across the Finance Organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with F&S partners and leadership to drive successful outcomes 
• Partner with cross functional stakeholders across People, Business Stakeholders and Finance Systems on the overall lifecycle of headcount management
• Leverage your financial background to support, influence and transform the way headcount operating expenses are managed at Stripe
• Be a key player in defining, scoping and managing strategic projects and initiatives
• Drive reporting, process and discipline for finance routines to drive efficiencies across the broader Finance team
• Drive continuous process improvement, standardization, simplification and reporting enhancements.

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in strategic finance or FP&A 
• A keen analytical eye and experience building integrated models from scratch (in Excel or other planning applications)
• Experience driving and executing on finance processes (e.g. budget, forecast reviews) as well as utilizing tools such as Anaplan.
• A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners
• A proven ability to be a self starter capable of driving business results without significant supervision
• The ability to maintain high performance under tight timelines and a “roll up your sleeves” mindset to get any job done
• The ability to bring structure to ambiguous areas of opportunity and thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze problems and data sets to make complex investigation decisions
• Strong knowledge of GSuite tools, and MS-Office products and experience working with/analyzing large data sets.
• Independently extract, analyze and evaluate information from various data sources through proficiency in SQL
• Demonstrated experience in data visualization and dashboarding with tools such as Tableau
• Demonstrated history of taking on various types of challenging projects and producing results
• Solution-oriented mindset with enthusiasm for establishing best practices
• Self-disciplined, diligent, proactive and detail oriented

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working at a high-growth technology or financial services company
• Experience managing headcount and operating expenses